Plantæ mediocres, csespites laxiusculos tumescentes saturate virides efficientes.

Caulis prostratus, plus minus defoliatus, divisus; ramis ramulisque irregulariter dispositis confertioribus insequalibus adscendentibus.

Folia laxius incumbentia, undique erecto-patentia, rare-sub-homomalla, crassiuscula, opaca, toto fere ambitu leniter obtuse serrulata; caulina late ovata, breviter acuminata; ramulina angustiora, brevius ovali-lanceolata; omnia concava, limbo lato luteo e cellulis flexuoso-linearibus 4–5-seriatis exstructo circumdata; costa valida usque in apicem obtusiusculum porrecta; reti e cellulis hexagono-oblongis granulis chlorophyllosis impletis: folia perichoetii basi radicantis erecta, solute vaginantia; inferiora ovata, acuminata; superiora oblongo-lanceolata, costa exeunte cuspidata, longitrorsum striata.

Flores monoici, cauligeni; masculi gemmacei; perigonialibus ecostatis.

Capsula oblonga, erecto-cernua, brevicolla; pedicello vix unciali rubello; peristomii dentibus aureis basi confluentibus crebre articulatis; ciliis in carina hiantibus, ciliolis binis longiusculis interpositis; annulo lato composito; operculo e basi convexo-conica breviter apiculato.

Hab. On moist rocks, Tallulah Falls, Georgia, Lesquereux. Brattleboro, Vermont, Frost. York County, Pennsylvania, Porter.